§ 558.0035, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 558. CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS
Design professionals; contractual limitation on liability.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) A design professional employed by a business entity or an agent of the business entity is not individually liable for damages resulting from negligence occurring within the course and scope of a professional services contract if:
(a) The contract is made between the business entity and a claimant or with another entity for the provision of professional services to the claimant;
(b) The contract does not name as a party to the contract the individual employee or agent who will perform the professional services;
(c) The contract includes a prominent statement, in uppercase font that is at least 5 point sizes larger than the rest of the text, that, pursuant to this section, an individual employee or agent may not be held individually liable for negligence;
(d) The business entity maintains any professional liability insurance required under the contract; and
(e) Any damages are solely economic in nature and the damages do not extend to personal injuries or property not subject to the contract.
(2) As used in this section, the term “business entity” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, self-employed individual, or trust, whether fictitiously named or not, doing business in this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 2, ch. 2013-28.
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Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites § 558.0035, Fla. Stat.. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
The Florida Statutes
- § 471.023, Fla. Stat.Qualification of business organizations.Printed as s. 558.0035
- § 472.021, Fla. Stat.Certification of partnerships and corporations.Printed as s. 558.0035
- § 481.219, Fla. Stat.Qualification of business organizations.Printed as s. 558.0035
- § 481.319, Fla. Stat.Corporate and partnership practice of landscape architecture.Printed as s. 558.0035
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